Gravitational waves from WZW models

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/21/10/006MaRDI QIDQ3159997zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Giuseppe D'appollonio

Publication date 1 February 2005

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0312206

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational waves (83C35) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: A brief review is given of the recent solution of a non-compact CFT describing a NS-supported pp-wave background. We will first explain how to compute the three and four-point correlators using current algebra techniques, thereby showing that some generic features of the non-compact WZW models become very clear in this simple context. We will then present the Penrose limit as a contraction of an U(1)xSU(2)_k WZW model, an approach that could prove useful in order to understand holography for pp-wave space-times. We will finally comment on the string amplitudes and on the existence of two flat space limits.

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• Conformal fields in the pp-wave limit

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